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Originally Posted by cellsafemode
An f body has nothing to do with the vin. That's not what people are referring to when they dont consider the 5th and 6th as real camaro's. It's the physical body of the car.
There is a massive difference in every way between those 4th to 2nd gen cars and the 5th and 6th. Nobody is going 'oh it has the same letter in the vin...it's the same'.
This does go to show, though, that gm doesn't care about names...but they know some of their customers do...even more than what their eyes tell them.
They'll call whatever they want a camaro. Throw some superficial call back and some people will buy it just for that reason. The 30 other people will buy it for all the other reasons. Everyone else will be buying a different car, like they've been doing because gm seems intent on making crap nobody really wants and hopes the government uses laws to keep us from alternatives.
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Well if the body chassis has something to do with it the first Gen 67-69 were the only real F Bodies by your description.
Gen 2 got bigger and heavier and the unibody was significantly different and the car took on a more Euro appearance.
Gen 3 saw another increase in size and weight plus a new unibody and the first 4 cylinder model
Gen 4 saw a completely new firewall forward suspension and a slightly modified unibody which increased rigidity.
Gen 5 saw the car go future meets retro with a lot of the styling cues taken from the popular 1969 model
GM was hindered on what they could do with the car as the Zeta platform was the only RWD car platform remaining
A lot of chopping cutting and narrowing got the car down in size and weight from its Aussie cousins but it was still bigger and heavier than any previous Camaro and the Zeta 2 chassis was born.
The car was a smash hit and helped save GM
The 6th Gen was a clean sheet design that borrowed heavily from the 5th on styling cues but shrunk in size and weight for the first time in the cars history.
The cars handling/ performance and Alpha chassis received rave reviews from the automotive press but sales dropped significantly from the Gen 5.
The best and fastest Camaro's ever built were doomed from day one as the interior was cramped and the trunk was the size of the 5th gens glovebox
Long story short they are all F bodies and follow the same design cues Long hood short rear deck and powerful V8's on the menu.